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CHOICE MULBERRIEs WITH DESSERT.
RaImy Spring and tfe Foolish Gus
tom Of Planting MI COftGn..-Fine
Farm of Diversified Crops. and Va.
rfets Stock---GIasSic Halls EnSpire
a Love for EearninG ..- COurtin2
While Swinging on the Gate.--Oth.
or Items.
MULBERRY. April 10, 1887,

or EtcMS.
! MULBERRY April 12, 1887.
Bitter, cold and piti!esS winter has indeed
bowed herself down and out" for yesterday
gentle spring with her ETHEREAL mildncsS came
smiling upon us, and now seems 10 be real
| Zing her tardincSS and trying to make up iol
lost time ard already has begun to "whool
up the thermometer. All of our friends here
are approaching her efforts, and while oul
wives, our sisters, our cousins and our nunts
are enjoying the refreshing and balmy ntmos
pherc, our "horny handed sons Of toil'' arc
diving into mother earth with a vim, and
putting in their different crops. Some OF oul
best farmers and most progressive men are
diverSiiyinS their crops, and arc now gradunl
ly gravitntlng towards prosperity. Ihey arc
catching inspiration from the marvellous sue
cesSes OF other points, and new life IS oelne
infused, and happiness and prosperity Il
struggling for the supremacy.
| Our people have passed through the furnace
Of unrelenting adversity of late years, and
disappointment has stood Sullenly beside
many Of us, but with an unwavcring deter
mination and an unalterable resolution that
| means nothing but triumph, we still nope 70
stand above high wafer. flood and storm upon
the impregnabe heights whence we have so
often been driven before, under this insane
and foolish and disastrous and Internal sys'
tenn of planting all cotton. Experience teach.
eS us that diverSification of crops ana q
"shucking our shattered linen and putting
our shoulders to the wheel is our surest, SOFT,
est and best road to wealth, plenty, peace and
happiness.
'ris truly gratifying to stroll over such q
| farm as that OF Mr. w. Henry Moore's, and
watch the thorough cultivation OF his lands
| to rest the gaze upon his fields of wheat, rye
and barley, and to admire his stock TO which
he is now giving much attention and which
should attract the attention of all of our peo-
most farmers, and his lands are being put in
fine condition. He will soon complete his
new house which will add much to our neigh
horhood. Messrs. Mars, Agnew, Sullivan and
Bcacham, CT cetera, are closely following suit
and are destined TO become dangerous rivals
for their older friends In the AGRICULTURAL
world. Mulberry Is on "boon." we real
ize the fact that the farmer is not only pro
duccr-a manufacturer in certain sense, but
he Is merchant rs well, having goods to sell
and desiring the best market, and By endeav-
oring to present our products In the best con;
dition we want to, and vii realize good
prices. Let every one of us inform ourselves
and watch closely our occupations and pro-
duce the hest.
Our different schools are flourlsning and
the pendulum OF learning is swinging high,
and shouts all along the educational line sim
ply means that we intend to educate our chill
dren. Each school is we'll patronized, and we
day we hope to have better facilities in the
shape Of q school house. &C., for our neighbor-
bood. We intend that this great work of ed.
ucation shall go bravely on, shedding her glo-
ing into life the germs of torpid intellects and
ripen each crude generation into golden har-
vest of educated citizens
Rase ball is again agitatcd and rumor says
that the game on Mulberry this season will
be Of more than usual interest
Fishing parties, &C., are spoken OF, and the
young man has begun already to hang on the
front gate OF his favorte calico The boys
say its so nice, and guess it is. We tell them
TO ego slow" in this fast age Of petticoats and
breeches,-to always be sure of their trick be-
fore they "show their handS'-or else some
might become like Tomkin's dog, which when
tied, howlcd to be loose, and when loose howl
ed to be tied again.
We all expect of course a merry time in
May. VIII don our tailor built clothes and
have regular whoop-em-up-Liza-Jan old
time, forgetting our misfortunes and putting
the past with its dsappointments behind us.
On spring at last you've come,
And we're glad that you nre here;
Now our beaver coats we'll pawn,
And we'll Quaf the delicious beer.
We are glad TO welcome back into our com.
munity S. c. Merriman, Esq.
"Baby's are on our block" Messrs. Walter
Mars and Ed. Merriman both glory in fine
boys. It's nice to be daddy of bouncing
baby boy! Moro anon. MERRY"